Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards physical assessment on critical ill patients in intensive care unit at selected public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
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Background: In Intensive care unit, the patients need special consideration and monitor frequently with
physical assessments. To examine critical ill patients in intensive care unit, which require skillfully
practice, knowledgeable and positive attitude toward patients cares. Physical assessment is the direction
to identification of actually and potential problems of individual patients. However, still now many
literature review shown that most of nurses not consider physical assessment as their jobs. Therefore,
this study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards physical evaluation
on critical ill patients.
Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards physical evaluation.
Methods: A descriptive institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 19 to
March 31, 2018 at selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa. Well-structured check list for sociodemographic,
attitude and practice related tools and some knowledge questioner were adopted from
previous study with little modification. The data was collected by data collectors using checklist formats
through self-administered response method. The collected date was checked its consistence and clarity
by data collectors and supervisor before data analysis. The data was entered into epi-data, version 3.1
and then analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science Version 20 Software. Final result was
computed descriptive statistical including frequency, mean and media with displaced by graph,
tabulation, texts and pie-chart. Association between variables analyzed by using logistic regression and
Pearson correlation at p <0.05 consider as significant.
Result:- From total study participants the response rate was 151(97.4%) with 28.51years mean age of
study participants. Around 87(57.6%) of study respondents were male in sex. About 147 (97.4%)
respondents were less than 10-years work experience whereas 142(94%) of nurses had less than 5-years
work experience in Intensive Care Unit. There were significantly positive relationships between skill of
practice and knowledge, work experience and work experience in Intensive Care Unit. A less work
experience in Intensive Care Unit had two times negative believe than more work experienced in
Intensive Care Unit. The degree holder Intensive Care Unit Nurses found three and five times had greater
poor of knowledge and poor of skill practice than Masters Holder Intensive Care Unit Nurses
respectively.
Conclusion and recommendation:- The knowledge of study respondents found to be as poor while the
attitude response was also as found to be negative perception. The skill practice of study respondents is
better performance response. So that, better to build capacity of Intensive Care Unit nurses on physical
assessments was recommended for responsible body.
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examine critical ill,public hospitals